Manifold stationery



March 20, 1945; IHERGGREN I "2,371,791

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Patented Mar. 20, 1945 of Illinois Thurston V. Berggren, Chicago, 111.assignor to United Autographic BegisterCm, a corporation ApplicationMarch 11, 1943, Serial No. 478,751

4 Claims.

This invention relates to manifold stationery, and more particularly toprinted continuousform stationery provided with interleaved carbonwherein the superposed strips are secured together.

The primary object of the invention is to pro vide an improved methodfor obtaining proper registration between the record strips and thetransfer or carbon strips wherein the strips of carbon in the finalproduct are narrower than the record strips. This is accomplished'byproviding a detachable guiding strip on each of the strips to furnish aguiding edge to enable the stationery to be guided or jogged into properregistration. After the registered strips are secured together, theguiding strips may be readily detached. i

Another object of the invention is to, provide a convenient way forforming cut-out areasin the transfer strip when it is desired thatcertain notations made on the top strip will not be transferred through.to all of the underlying record strips.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a convenient way forpositioning narrow transfer strips between the rows of marginallypunched holes in stationery of the type used in teletype machines, andthe like. 7

The invention is illustrated inpreferred embodiments in the accompanyingdrawing, in

whichi l Figure l is a broken plan view of stationery embodying theinvention before the guiding strips have been detached; and Figure 2, afragmentary view showing how the guiding strips may be detached afterthe stationery has been assembled. i

In the embodiment illustrated, record strips 3 may be printed withsuitable notations and, if desired, provided with lines of marginalperforations 4. The record forms are scored, as indicated at 5, outsideof the line of punch holes to provide a detachable guiding strip 6. rStrips of transfer material, such as one-time carbon 1, may be ofnarrower width than the record strips so that it is necessary to providea detachable guiding strip 8 which is connected to the main body of thecarbon along a line of scoring 9. After therecord strips and the transfer strips have been brought into proper interleaved relation, they maybe jogged into regis- In some cases, it is desirable to have cut-outportions I3 in the transfer strips so that all of the notations willnotbe imprinted on the underlying forms. Such areas I4 may be provided bytration along the free edges H] of the guiding outlining them withthe'line of scoring 9 before assembly.

After the stationery has been assembled an the strips secured together,the guiding strips on both-the record forms and transfer strips may bereadily detached, as indicated in Figure 2, and discarded.

The foregoing detailed description has been given for clearness ofunderstanding only, and no unnecessary limitations should be understoodtherefrom for some modifications will be obvious to those skilled in theart. 1 v

I claim: I, 1. The method of manufacturing manifold stationery, whichcomprises: printing record strips and scoring one marginal portion toprovide a detachable guiding strip; scoring a transfer strip to form adetachable guiding strip of a width 1 record strips, to form adetachable guiding strip of a width greater than that of the firstmentioned guiding strip; interleaving thetransfer strip with the recordstrips and using the free edges of th guiding strips tobring thestationery into proper registration; securing the main bodies of thesuperposed strips together; and detaching the guiding strips. l

3. .The method of manufacturing manifold stationery, which comprises:printing record strips and punching therein marginal lines ofperforations; scoring one marginal portion outside of the lines ofperforations to'prov'idea detachable guiding strip; scoring a transferstrip to form a wider detachable guiding strip for the main body of thetransfer strip, said main body having a width less than. the distancebetween the lines of punching in the record strips; interleaving thetransfer strip with the record strips and using the free edges of theguiding strips to bring the assembly into proper registration; securingthe main bodies of the superposed strips together; and detaching theguiding strips so as to leave the punched marginal portion of the recordstrips clear of the remaining interleaved transfer material. r r

4. The method of manufacturing manifold stationery, which comprises:printing recordastrips andscoring one marginal portion to provide a.'separate detachable guiding strip; scoring a m transfer strip along onemargin to form a de.-

tachable guiding strip which includes certain desired adjacent areas ofthe main body of the 7 transfer strip; interleaving the transfer stripwith the record strips and using the free edges of the guiding strips tobring the stationary into proper registration; securing the main bodiesof the superposed strips together; and detaching the guiding. strips;and the area'outlined by the scoring in the transfer strip.

THURSTON V. BERGGREN.

